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NEW YORK (AP) -- Pat Williams is pretty good at being lucky, and he's got a hunch.

Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday.

HOOVER, Ala. --- Mississippi State begins defense of its 2012 SEC Tournament title Tuesday when the 13th-ranked and fifth-seeded Bulldogs (40-16/16-14 SEC) square off against league newcomer Missouri (18-31/10-20 SEC) in opening round competition in the 2013 SEC Baseball Tournament at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Scott Wetherbee, a veteran athletic administrator with more than 15 years of experience, has been named Mississippi State's Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs, it was announced Monday.

Five passengers were killed when a church van crashed Monday in Vandalia, Illinois, according to Deputy Shawn Carter with the Fayette County sheriff's office.

Tornadoes rip across the U.S. Midwest, sectarian violence strikes Iraq, Yahoo buys Tumblr, and some people see red over a shift to Florida's traffic lights.

The Red Wings scored two goals within 31 seconds in the second period of Game 3 and held off the top-seeded Blackhawks for a 3-1 victory that gave them a 2-1 series advantage.

Thanks to two second-period goals, the Red Wings are in control of Game 3 against the visiting Blackhawks. Can they hang on and take a 2-1 series lead? Follow the third period here.

The Doors' founding keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, died in Germany Monday after a long fight with cancer, his publicist said in a statement. He was 74.

At least one person was killed when two hot air balloons collided mid-air in central Turkey early Monday, a town official said.